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...Fuller began to rally scholars around Nixon early last spring when "I was assured that the Vice-President was eager to draw academic people back into the government." Academic participation will be stepped up if Nixon is elected, Fuller predicted...
Several Republican scholars, called together by Fuller, met in Washington August 13 and announced that they were organizing to support their man. A letter to thousands of professors around the country and a brochure describing the group has been the only formal actions taken by the members as a group...
...propaganda literature claims that the professors took up the Nixon cause after witnessing "his persistent use of, and reliance upon, America's best minds--irrespective of party or political affiliation." Citing an example, Fuller said that Nixon influenced the appointment of an academic figure to a position in the Justice Department over the objections of some colleagues...
...basic purpose set by the group was to invite other scholars to join the ranks, but the list has not exactly swelled to great extents. Fuller attributes this to the usual reluctance of many conservatives to speak out enough. He also thinks that many academic people support a new administration in hopes of seeing their new ideas become reality...
...second purpose--to advise the candidate on policy--has not been as prominent in the campaign as commentators like to have people believe, Fuller maintained. "Nixon and Kennedy aren't able to listen to professors during the heat of a fast moving campaign. On a whistle-stop tour, each candidate, if he has any time at all to consult others, seeks advice from those who surround him every...